Ensure the Senate scandal truth comes out -- make the investigations fully independent!

The RCMP recently let Prime Minister Harper's former Chief of Staff Nigel Wright off the hook after accusing him last fall of bribing Senator Mike Duffy with a $90,000 cheque and revealing secret emails that raise serious questions about whether PM Harper and his staff were involved in the payoff to cover up the Senate scandal. The RCMP gave no details why, they just made the vague claim that the evidence did not support charging Wright.

Canadians deserve to know the truth including the full truth about why Wright was not charged. More investigation is also needed to uncover what really happened in the Senate scandal, but it is certain that the public has been lied to.

This petition asks that an independent prosecutor be appointed to ensure the RCMP fully investigates everyone in the Senate scandals, and all wrongdoers are prosecuted and held accountable. And it calls for full, public explanations of the results of investigations and decisions about prosecutions.

The RCMP has recently pledged to dislclose the details about why Nigel Wright was not charged for his payment to Senator Duffy, but they need to be pushed to keep their pledge.

There are serious questions about the RCMP's independence from Prime Minister Harper's government, and so they must be watched closely to ensure we can trust the results of their investigation. Both the RCMP and the Commissioner of Canada Elections (who is also investigating) are usually overseen by prosecutors who serve under PM Harper's Minister of Justice Peter MacKay.

There are many reasons to believe we can win! In similar spending scandal situations, and after loud public outcry, many provincial governments, including in B.C. and Ontario, have appointed independent prosecutors to ensure investigations are conducted properly and thoroughly, and that prosecution decisions are not undermined by career ambitions or other dangerous conflicts of interest. And those prosecutors have fully and publicly explained their decisions about prosecutions.

Help push Prime Minister Harper to ensure the Senate scandals are investigated fully, and every wrongdoer is prosecuted transparently, by: 1. Appointing an independent prosecutor with all federal political party leaders approving the person chosen; 2. Empowering the prosecutor to oversee and direct the investigations of all the Senate scandals; 3. Requiring the prosecutor to give public updates on the status of all the investigations every month, and; 4. Requiring the prosecutor to explain publicly if s/he decides not to prosecute someone who is facing allegations.

Share this petition

Petition Closed

This petition had 33,115 supporters

We were unable to post to Facebook. If you still want to share this petition, please try again.

Ensure the Senate scandal truth comes out -- make the investigations fully independent!